A prayer is just a form of meditation. And even though the origins of the prayer as e know it today are not exactly from Stoic sources (just like the terms Amor Fati and Memento Mori). However, we still use them today to summarize a collection of ideas that are representative of our school. The Serenity / STOIC prayer is […]
The MOST powerful tool we have in our arsenal is our own rational mind. For millennia, intelligent and self-aware individuals have kept rigid journals/logs in a disciplined manner. One of our school’s most popular books is quite literally the journal of a Roman Emperor (or what survives of it). Journalling is clearly a powerful tool and over the past decade, […]
This episode is all about one of those “BEAK GLASS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY” meditations (Stoic or I’m not sure how everyone else does it, but I can’t help being angry and emotional. I feel them daily, no matter how ‘focused’ or ‘present’ or ‘mindful’ I am. But I’ve kind of found a way to deal with it. Spotify iPhone, […]
This episode is all about one of those “BEAK GLASS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY” meditations (Stoic or otherwise). I came up with this gem of a meditation a few years back while I happened to be binging on Epictetus et al…and while watching the second season of the awesome TV series Lucifer. I shamelessly usurped a catchphrase from who else […]